Sports Blog

This week in sports blogs and news:

• Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh to make “Moneyball” movie on Billy Beane - Variety
• USA Swimming Suspends Michael Phelps for 3 months - ESPN
• Patriots put the franchise tag on Matt Cassell: $14.65 million -Fox Sports
• Top high school prospect may choose CFL over NCAA - SportsByBrooks
• Anquan Boldin wants out of Arizona - Larry Brown Sports
  

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “Champions” 
• Santonio Holmes Catch Makes the Steelers Champions
• Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers: No Thanks
• Kevin Costner to Bring Baseball to Illinois Suburbs
• Prank Gone Bad: Peyton’s Joke on Cutler Backfires
  

Pranks sure are fun…that is until they go bad.

Peyton Manning’s bright idea of throwing Jay Cutler into their hotel pool, with the help of a few offensive lineman, was supposed to be a friendly Pro Bowl “baptism”. They thought that they had every angle covered. They even managed to snag away Cutler’s cell phone before his little dip.

There was just one problem.

Cutler is a Type 1 diabetic and in his pocket was his blood sugar monitor. A blood sugar monitor that is not water proof.

So after the little plunge, you guessed it. It got fried.

“It was a bad audible on our part,” Manning said. “I think we were thinking right, trying to get the cell phone. Then we realize, the guy gets insulin shots. We missed that.”

Yeah, Manning. Great thinking. Good thing you got the cell though. That way if Cutler needed to call an ambulance later, he’d be set!

Hey Peyton, I know a kid on crutches, just in case you get bored and want to push him down some stairs.

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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Vince Young suing to get his name back - The Big Lead
• Athletic brothers and their notable accomplishments - The Sports Hernia
  
• Former NFL prospect: Iowa State’s Stevie Hicks jumps to death - Omaha World Herald
• Ole Miss basketball coach, Andy Kennedy, charged with assault - Local 12
• Terrell Owens says being a villain has cost him endorsement money - Larry Brown Sports
• London Fletcher voices his displeasure with not being named to Pro Bowl - Deadspin

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “Fuzzzzy” 
• It’s All in the Name: Greg White to Now be Called Stylez
• Lets Play, “Name that Crazy, Olympic Champion?”
• Caught on Tape: Padres’ Brian Giles Slaps Girlfriend

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Top 7 - Sports-Related Full House Episodes - Joe Sports Fan
• 28 Easy Ways to Fix Baseball - The Sports Hernia
• Kobe Bryant can’t pinky swear for a while - The Big Lead
• Former NFL QB Josh Booty, brother of USC’s John David Booty, tased by cops - Deadspin
• Tecmo Bowl Replay of the Giants‘ final Super Bowl drive - Deuce of Davenport

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And in Smarter Sports we talked about:

• Adrian Peterson Does it One Last Time at the Pro Bowl
• Chris Berman is at it Again
• Devean George Has a Bigger Impact Off the Court

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Prank callers dial into the SEC women’s basketball coaches. - Lion in Oil
• Basketball Coach Ron Hunter goes barefoot - Sports by Brooks
• Awful Announcing thinks Reggie Miller makes no sense - Awful Announcing
• Who’s got the best hair in New York City: A-Rod or David Wright - The Sports Hernia
• New York Knicks were spying on Larry Brown - Larry Brown Sports
• Top 7 - Fan Based Man Crushes - Joe Sports Fan
• Worst player on Madden, Ethan Albright, is headed to the Pro Bowl - Deadspin
• Sports themed wedding garters - Deuce of Davenport

And in Smarter Sports we talked about:

• Looks Like it’s a Giants and Patriots Super Bowl
• Tom Brady Sporting a New Shoe?
• The Next Karate Kid? I Hope Not
• Jose Canseco Tried to Blackmail Magglio Ordonez
• If I Were the Defensemen, I’d be Embarrassed